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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1828/Add.2 
26 May 2009  
 (09-2515) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
 
 
The following communication, received on 22 May 2 009, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States . 
 
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 Change in Disease Status of Surrey County, E ngland, because of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (APHIS–
2007–0124)  
 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se rvice (APHIS) of the US Department of 
Agriculture is amending the regulations governing th e importation of certain animals, meat, and other 
animal products into the United States by restoring Surrey County, England, to the list of regions of 
the world that are considered free of rinderpest and foot-and-mouth disease (FMD ), and to the list of 
regions of the world considered free of rinderpest  and FMD but subject to additional importation 
restrictions because of those regions' proximity to or  trading relationships with FMD-affected regions.  
This final rule follows an interim rule that rem oved Surrey County, England, from those lists due to 
the detection of FMD in that region.  Based on th e results of a risk analysis concerning the FMD 
disease status of Surrey County, England, we have determined that Surrey County, England, can be 
added to the list of regions considered free of FMD.  This rule relieves certain FMD-related 
prohibitions and restrictions on th e importation of ruminants and swin e and the fresh meat and other 
animal products of ruminants and swine into the United States from Surrey County, England. 
 
This final rule can be found at:  Federal Re gister:  24 December 2008 (Volume 73, Number 
248) Notices Pages 78925-78927.  To view online, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , 
select 2008 FR Vol. 73, and search on "page 78925" (with quotation marks).   
This final rule was effective 15 days after its  publication of 24 December 2008 in the Federal 
Register.  This action is subsequent to a notice published in the Federal Register on 23 May 2008 (73 FR 
30002–30003, Docket No. APHIS–2007–0124), in which we advised the public of the availability of 
a risk analysis that had been prepared by APHIS concerning the FMD status of Surrey County, 
England, and the related disease risks associated with importing ruminants and swine and the fresh 
meat and other animal products of  ruminants and swine from Surrey County, England.  In the risk 
analysis, APHIS concluded that the risk of intro ducing FMD into the United States as a result of the 
resumption of imports of ruminants and swine an d the fresh meat and other animal products of 
ruminants and swine from Surrey County, England, is low.  (To view this notice online, go to 
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html
, select 2008 FR Vol. 73, and search on "page 30002" 
(with quotation marks)).  We solicited comments on the notice for 60 days ending on 22 July 2008.  G/SPS/N/USA/1828/Add.2 
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  We received three comments by that date.  The comments were from private citizens who opposed 
relieving restrictions on Surrey County, England.  None of the commenters offered any data or 
substantive information to s upport their objections, however. 
 
This addendum concerns a: 
 
 [   ] Modification of final date for comments  [ X ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
 [   ] Modification of content and/or sc ope of previously notified draft regulation 
 [   ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation 
 [   ] Change in proposed date of adoptio n, publication or date of entry into force 
 [   ] Other:     
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of th e previously notified measure in terms 
of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of comments should be 
provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days.  Under other circumstances, such as extension of 
originally announced final date for comments, th e comment period provided in the Addendum may 
vary.)  
 [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
 Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National Notification Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body
: 
 
For further information contact:  Dr. Chip Wells, Senior Staff Veterinarian , Regionalization Evaluation 
Services Import Staff, National Center for Import  and Export, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 38, 
Riverdale, MD 20737-1231.  Tel:  +(1 301) 734 4356 
 
Text available from:  [ X ] National Notification Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, 
fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body : 
 
United States SPS National Notification Authority, US DA Foreign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 10 27, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720 
1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-ma il:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov 
  
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